{"title":"There Is a Systemic Problem Deeper than the Decolonizing and Anti‐racism Movements AcknowledgeFaithful Anti‐Racism: Moving Past Talk to Systematic Change, ChristinaEdmondson, and ChadBrennan, IVP, 2022 (978‐0‐8308‐4723‐5), x + 238 pp., hb $25Decolonizing Christianity: Becoming Badass Believers, Miguel A.De La Torre, Eerdmans, 2021 (ISBN 978‐0‐8028‐7847‐2), viii + 232 pp., hb $24.99","authors":"Owen Anderson","doi":"10.1111/rirt.14234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rirt.14234","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In these two books, the authors give solutions to disparities they trace to systemic racism. The De La Torre book especially examines how the Trump presidency solidified white Christianity. He argues that white Christians deify Trump and are therefore rejected by God. In the Edmondson and Brennan book, we are told that material disparities between races can only be explained by systemic racism. The authors then explain what we must do to repent of and overcome systemic racism. Both books are built on assumptions traceable to Marx and Nietzsche, neither gives us a robust augment against the best alternative explanations, and their use of the Bible only superficially treats categories like ‘believer/unbeliever’.","PeriodicalId":285586,"journal":{"name":"Reviews in Religion & Theology","volume":"130 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135409446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Books Reviewed","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/rirt.14263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rirt.14263","url":null,"abstract":"Reviews in Religion & TheologyVolume 30, Issue 3 p. 219-220 Books Reviewed Books Reviewed First published: 07 July 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/rirt.14263Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume30, Issue3July 2023Pages 219-220 RelatedInformation","PeriodicalId":285586,"journal":{"name":"Reviews in Religion & Theology","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135409445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Boat with New Nets: A Reflection on Embodied TranscendenceIn God's Image: An Anthropology of the Spirit, MichaelWelker, Eerdmans, 2021 (ISBN 978‐0‐8028‐7874‐8), xii + 155 pp., pb $29Marriage, Family and the Church: A Boat with New Nets, PiaMatthews, Gracewing, 2022 (ISBN 978‐0‐85244‐974‐5), xvi + 484 pp., pb £25Restless Devices: Recovering Personhood, Presence, and Place in the Digital Age, Felicia WuSong, IVP, 2021 (ISBN 978‐0‐8308‐5113‐3), xii + 220 pp., pb $24Believing in Bits: Digital …","authors":"Joshua R. Farris","doi":"10.1111/rirt.14233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rirt.14233","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract As divergent as they seem to be, In God's Image ; Marriage, Family and the Church ; Restless Devices ; and, Believing in Bits all have several overlapping themes that center on the embodied nature of the imago Dei . Each presents a set of questions that prompt consideration of how ‘technology’ influences, shapes, and informs our embodied practice of religion. In God's Image and Marriage, Family and the Church give us a broad vision of the human that helps situate and theologically engage the themes, concerns, and developing challenges in Restless Devices and Believing in Bits . The latter two gesture in the direction that aid us in thinking about the liturgical nature of what it means to be human. In God's Image offers a sampling of different proposals primarily from a Protestant perspective that open up questions for how one ought to unify the themes and teleological nature of the body. Through a brief interaction with all four works, I gesture toward Marriage, Family and the Church as providing A Boat with New Nets that might just help us to navigate our changing world of technological advancement.","PeriodicalId":285586,"journal":{"name":"Reviews in Religion & Theology","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135409580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Bible and the Ballot: Using Scripture in Political Decisions, TremperLongmanIII, Eerdmans, 2020 (ISBN 978‐0‐8028‐7734‐5), xviii + 310 pp., pb $25","authors":"B. Hurlbert","doi":"10.1111/rirt.14062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/rirt.14062","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":285586,"journal":{"name":"Reviews in Religion & Theology","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124041896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}